Converse Chuck Taylors? Good running shoes?

tribejammer05
tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
So I need to get a new pair of running shoes and I saw someone at the gym today wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors while working out. Are these actually good shoes to work out in? Enough support, well priced, etc. These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

Anyone else use these to work out/run? Good? Bad?
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I played basketball and skated in them in the 80's. I would not want to be active and run in these shoes though.
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    tglass6105 wrote:
    So I need to get a new pair of running shoes and I saw someone at the gym today wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors while working out. Are these actually good shoes to work out in? Enough support, well priced, etc. These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    Anyone else use these to work out/run? Good? Bad?

    I wouldn't think so.
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    no, you'll feel like you're running barefoot on concrete
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Converse Chuck Taylors? Good running shoes?




    depends...




    do you value your knees?
  • TheLostSoul
    TheLostSoul Posts: 773
    lmao!
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  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.
    StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    tglass6105 wrote:
    These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    maybe if youre "Pistol" Pete Maravich
  • emily18
    emily18 Posts: 489
    nooo not good running shoes. i had to wear them to the gym once because i was going straight from somewhere and forgot other sneakers. they weren't very comfortable to run in.
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    tglass6105 wrote:
    So I need to get a new pair of running shoes and I saw someone at the gym today wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors while working out. Are these actually good shoes to work out in? Enough support, well priced, etc. These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    Anyone else use these to work out/run? Good? Bad?


    I run 4 to 5 times a week and I can tell you that those shoes are not made for running!

    I wear these:

    http://www.newbalance.com/products/WR1306
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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Sounds like the worst possible running shoes. Might as well run in flip flops. Nike Pegasus are the best running shoes, they are a reasonable price too.
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  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    I have pink ones and sometimes they make me feel like I have Don Martin (MAD mag) feet, they're kinda floppy...Can't walk too far in them, so running? I think I can hear your arches falling from here!
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    the simple answer to your question is NO
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,842
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    I have pink ones and sometimes they make me feel like I have Don Martin (MAD mag) feet, they're kinda floppy...Can't walk too far in them, so running? I think I can hear your arches falling from here!

    snappy answers to stupid questions!
  • IGotShit76
    IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    tglass6105 wrote:
    So I need to get a new pair of running shoes and I saw someone at the gym today wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors while working out. Are these actually good shoes to work out in? Enough support, well priced, etc. These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    Anyone else use these to work out/run? Good? Bad?

    I would rather get a pair of Converse Chuck Norris and do some high kicks :D

    Honestly these shoes are not made for running. They can do more harm than good. Have a look at some brands like New Balance, Asics.
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    tglass6105 wrote:
    So I need to get a new pair of running shoes and I saw someone at the gym today wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors while working out. Are these actually good shoes to work out in? Enough support, well priced, etc. These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    Anyone else use these to work out/run? Good? Bad?

    No man. I dont even recommend wearing these for all day concerts where u STAND more than 8 hours!!! :eek: its not a good feeling.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    hehe

    do yourself a favor and don't run in converse.

    only thing wors would be running on your barefeet over a bed of glass and hot coals mixed.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Heather Mills-McCartney once said "i cant run in these, my foot is killing me!"
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • mdigenakis
    mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    tglass6105 wrote:
    So I need to get a new pair of running shoes and I saw someone at the gym today wearing a pair of Chuck Taylors while working out. Are these actually good shoes to work out in? Enough support, well priced, etc. These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    Anyone else use these to work out/run? Good? Bad?
    if you like your ankles don't run with those shoes.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    http://www.saucony.com/ShoeAdvisor.aspx
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    tglass6105 wrote:
    These are technically basketball shoes so I guess they can't be that bad.

    Those SHORT 1960's basketball shorts are technically basketball shorts, but that doesn't mean the people should wear them.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    it doesn't get much worse

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